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ok some pics............
springs after sand blasting
springs fresh back from the powder coaters........
first strut back in place............
other suspension strut built up ready to go on!
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bux
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ok got the car driving again today which was cool but a bit hairy with no brakes lol, also put the dash back together, re-mounted the ecu, gave it a quick hoover and started to fit the gsi skirts...............here goes!
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right this was my first piece of welding and im affraid i didnt really take anyother pics of welding patches lol, the welds have been ground down abit to bring it back into line with the arch............pics are crap tbh
here it is seam sealed up, again it has to be quite thckly put on so it levels back up with the standard sealer that i had to gring off
this is how it finished off once id cleaned up the hole arch, wired brushed it all etc and re-sealed it. thats all undersealed up there ready if i choose for it to be painted red??
ok here is the offending spring mount!! this was the good one........this one was only rust not actually rotted away!
spring mount chisseld off.......and chassis revealed
new plate of the same gauge metal cut out and dad welded it on for me
some pretty cool welds
here is how i left it on sunday...............no axle, no fuel tank etc etc........
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bux
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ok then most of tonights progress (mon 4th feb)
heres my spring and rubber spring seat cover.....he spring seat needs to be made to fit inside the rubber seat cover
heres the metal that they will be made from!
square box is drwn to enable the centre to be centre punched and the correct size circle is drawn...........
most he the excess is removed...........
get rid of most of the remainder before filing the last little bits!
then the actual lugs have to be made and machined to the correct size to fit the spring......
on the laithe
the centre of the mount is acurrately cut to take the size of the spring lug........
hole cut to perfection *bow*
and the lug fits snug into it
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bux
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ok then next job was to drill some holes to enable us to weld it to the new plate around the main stressed area
trail fit of the rubber cover..........
spring tested on it too (ignore the spring they wont look like that hopefully by the end of the weekish....lo there off to sandblasters in the week then the coaters)
all is good so onwards with the welding! (bottom)
and finally the top
welds were then ground down but didt bother to picture that lol..........and there we have it another night spent on the corsa *doh*
more progress as and when it happens!
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bux
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Right weekends been and almost gone again so that means 1 thing..................lol timeto work on the corsa!
Right 1st thing to do was for my dad to finish off welding up the rear mounts
bit of acloser up of the welds
and an overall pic of them
this was them all welded on but unfortunately not finished, had to grind down the excess weldsin the middle to allow the springs to seat flat
anywy next on the agenda..............toremove the ariel cozwe dont want that do we so roof lining removed, arile removed, plate made and welded in to place
then it was ground down ready for a small skim of filler!
this is how it looked yesterday night.............
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bux
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right then todays progress................i had an awful lot of work to do underneath the car not oly was there alot of work todo but i had to do it lying down which isnt as nice as it sounds afterseveral hours.......lol.
Right the aim for today was to grind down the welds on the plates (inner 4) wire brush any rustyish bits, remove old sealer and reseal the whole underneath with fresh seam sealer and i also needed to clean the underside off before iundersealed it to enable a good bond!
these two pics were taken after a good few hours cleaning with a scotch pad, and some chemicals but just to show that the underside can be mint 
and abit more work and some sealing up................
finally the underneath nearly finished being undersealed............pics looks crap, it looks ace in real life i think rizzo will assure you of that
few bits are off to the sand blasters tomorrow and then off to the powder coaters of course in the week *woohoo*
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bux
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few pic updates then
here is a quick pic of the underneath not brillinat pic but you get the idea of how its lookin! it looks quite cool in life
and here are the progress pics of the sanding, spent a few hours da'ing it yesterday and fitting the skirts properly today with all the proper clips
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bux
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ok i decided that id better upload some pics for you.............the car is ready for primer now near enough, so more pics as and when it happens really but chris being chris and being busy its jst gunna happen when it does!
rear lock plated and welded up............now in filler but havent got a pic
last pic i took before it went to paint shop............just scotched up
rear seat back brackets removed ready to be filled and smoothed properly
chris working on the roof (some people will remember my bonnet issue ) its taken quite a while to get back to where it should be, but i aint skining the roof!! lol
random pics.............
enjoy............
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flybikeslee
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MORE! OMG
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bux
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quick teaser for those who havent seen it.............the boot and inside of the rear, the boot floor is now free of grommets but we have kept the standard lines
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here are a few more pics
some of the work that took place to get it to where it is now...........this was the very final stages, about 10 hours of welding,grinding and filling were previous to this pic!!
another pic of the boot from another angle
the tailgate w.i.p
some of my gsi kit bits...........
and this last picture..................well looks like the others but notice the wiring loom on the far left, about 3 1/2 hours work went into that yesterday, stripped it bare, removedsome wires that i didnt need inc the ariel lead (this helped me to get a nicer sized loom to deal with) then re-wrapped it all with proper tape and routed it nicely,you need to see it to appreciate it
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bux
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some progress pics that i aint posted yet
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bux
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ok heres some finished paint pics...........the jacking covers are all on now!!
at donny..........
and not sure who will and wont like this but i love it
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now thats what i call a rebuild !!
fantastic project chap
was waiting for the "finished pics" to come up cos this is the only thing keeping me from going to bed.. so thanks for that lol
awesome car mate.. as you probably get asked this all the time.. What power are you making ??? cos thats a pretty extreme setup you got going on
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Anton C20XE
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nice job bux!!
i remember how it looked last year. . . its came a really long way! you and chris done a ace job on the paint, pic dont do it justice, look's so much better in real life plus the thing dont half flipping shift!!!!!!! 
[Edited on 14-04-2008 by Anton C20XE]
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bux
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lol, my comp was running at about 1 page per hour, sorry for the delay!! hope you all like it? its had endless hours put into it by myself!
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bux
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will upload some better pics of the bonnet bra tomorrow, comp is going wey too slow!!! them ones look crap......
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Wow, what a build ! have kept an eye over on mig but not posted
fair play love the small detail's
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Anton C20XE
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looks ace!!
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jazzer2k3
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this is awsome :O Stunning, but please loose the bra 
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TomSBD
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looking good as always steve
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bux
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the bra is stayin, for a few reasons.....
1. it protects the bonnet, as the corsas are pround to rotting up and chipping heavily on the front, and as i use the car for wot it was built this will give it good protection!
2. It gives it some induviduality compared to every other flame red corsa, i wasnt overly keen on them but the more i look at it the more i like it. its not as if it cant be removed in under 2 mins so i dont really see it as a problem anyway.
cheers for comments anyway peeps! have got so many more pics but tbh the ones ive put up give a good insight into wots been done anyway......
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Tommy L
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Looks great steve
Whats the power now?
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bux
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urm dunno tbh.........need to get to a dyno, it was 278 last year @ .9 bar, but i ran it at a bar, this year it will be running around 1.1bar, but then youve got the naughty button on the steerong wheel
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